Warfare
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AeroVironment has rolled out its latest variant of its Switchblade 300 loitering missile system, more commonly known as a suicide drone. Building on the previous Block 10C, the Switchblade 300 Block 20 boasts greater endurance and ease of operation.
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The recent turnabout in northeastern Ukraine shows that this is a war full of surprises. Not the least of these is that the conflict is shaping up as the first true drone war, giving new insights into the battlefield of the future.
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This remarkable anti-ship weapon would run an innovative boron-powered ramjet engine that works in both air and water. Supersonic in the air and supercavitating under the water, it could strike farther and faster than any conventional torpedo.
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If a nuclear war were ever to break out, it probably wouldn’t last long. For a few days, perhaps a week, nuclear weapons would be fired between several countries and catastrophic losses would be swift. But what happens next?
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With NATO now open to supplying Ukraine with modern Western fighter planes like the Typhoon or the F-16, the question is, will this change the game or is it already too late? New Atlas takes a look at the Ukraine air war.
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Saab has introduced a passive, lightweight, electronic warfare sensor called Sirius Compact, which is designed to act alone or in an array to locate incoming threats on a variety of tactical levels without revealing its presence.
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Commercial drones, Airbnb donations, TikTok chronicles, deepfake propaganda, and trolling Russian soldiers through Tinder. The conflict in the Ukraine has precipitated new ways in which modern technology can influence war in the 21st century.
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New research has shed light on how nuclear war could seriously alter the chemistry of Earth’s oceans, and in so doing damage the life that dwells within. The scientists used an advanced climate model to predict a range of nuclear scenarios.
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Could the German Luftwaffe have won the Battle of Britain in 1940? A team of mathematicians at the University of York used a statistical technique to determine if Germany could have defeated Britain if different decisions had been made.
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Britain's armed forces take a look into the future with young engineers predicting what the Royal Marines in 2050 will look like.
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The military is always ahead of the civilian world when it comes to new technologies, and it's staggering to look back and see just how advanced aviation was as early as the 1950s and 60s, with supersonic jets, long-range remote-control helicopters, and other tech that feels way before its time.
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In 2018 we witnessed developments that pave the way for a future where AI systems could heal us, harm us, or even teach us. Here are the highlights from a fascinating year of advances in artificial intelligence.
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